Typographical antiquities
Title
Typographical antiquities
Alternative Title
Full title: Typographical antiquities, or, An historical account of the origin and progress of printing in Great Britain and Ireland, containing memoirs of our ancient printers, and a register of books printed by them, from the year MCCCCLXXI to the year MDC / begun by the late Joseph Ames, F. R. & A. S. S., and Secretary to the Society of Antiquaries ; condiderably augmented, both in the memoirs and number of books, by William Herbert, of Cheshunt, Herts.
Binder's spine title: Ames's Typographical Antiquities.
Binder's spine title: Ames's Typographical Antiquities.
Creator
Joseph Ames, 1689-1759
Publisher
London : Printed for the editor, and sold by Mr. T. Payne and Son, Mr. Benjamin White, Mr. L. Davis, Mr. Dodsley, Mr. Robson, Mr. Nichol, Mess. Leigh and Soleby, Mr. Collins, and the rest of the booksellers of Great Britain and Ireland
Date
M DCC LXXXV-M DCC XC [1785-1790]
Format
3 volumes (iv, [4], xliv, 684, [2], 685-1308, [2], 1309-1875, [1]), plates : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 31 cm (4°)
Description
Memoirs of Mr. Joseph Ames, by Mr. Gough' (volume 1, pages xiii-xxxv).
Frontispiece portrait of Ames in v.1. -- Sotheby misprinted Soleby in volume 1 imprint and additional printers involved in later volumes.
Imprint varies: volume 3: Printed for the editor, and sold by Mr. T. Payne and Son, Mr. B. White and Son, Mr. L. Davis, Mr. Dodsley, Mr. Robson, Mr. Nicol, Mess. Leigh and Sotheby, Mr. Sewell, Mr. Collins, Mr. S. Hayes, Mr. J. Hayes, and the rest of the booksellers of the Great Britain and Ireland.
Volume 1 includes list of subscribers.
Page xliii misnumbered xliv.
Volume 2 dated MDCCLXXXVI [1786]
Each volume includes an index of the printer contained in it; volume 3 also includes an index of the authors and translators, as well as of some of the subjects in all three volumes.
Frontispiece portrait of Ames in v.1. -- Sotheby misprinted Soleby in volume 1 imprint and additional printers involved in later volumes.
Imprint varies: volume 3: Printed for the editor, and sold by Mr. T. Payne and Son, Mr. B. White and Son, Mr. L. Davis, Mr. Dodsley, Mr. Robson, Mr. Nicol, Mess. Leigh and Sotheby, Mr. Sewell, Mr. Collins, Mr. S. Hayes, Mr. J. Hayes, and the rest of the booksellers of the Great Britain and Ireland.
Volume 1 includes list of subscribers.
Page xliii misnumbered xliv.
Volume 2 dated MDCCLXXXVI [1786]
Each volume includes an index of the printer contained in it; volume 3 also includes an index of the authors and translators, as well as of some of the subjects in all three volumes.
Provenance
Bookplate inside front covers: Ernest Ridley Debenham.
Presented by Principal Daniel Woolf [Gift2015]
Presented by Principal Daniel Woolf [Gift2015]
Contributor
Herbert, William, 1718-1795. compiler editor
Gough, Richard, 1735-1809. author of introduction, etc.
Woolf, D. R. (Daniel R.) donor
Schulich-Woolf Collection.
Gough, Richard, 1735-1809. author of introduction, etc.
Woolf, D. R. (Daniel R.) donor
Schulich-Woolf Collection.
Language
English
Identifier
folio Z151 .A5 1785
ESTC T139672
ESTC T139672
Files
Collection
Citation
Joseph Ames, 1689-1759, “Typographical antiquities,” Schulich-Woolf Rare Book Collection, accessed April 18, 2024, https://schulichwoolf.omeka.net/items/show/231.